Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-24
THE SENATORIAL RACE.
The Effort to Work Up Boom for "the
Leader OF the Kids" Fails.
Strength of The Candidates.
Any Dark Horse Movement would Result
in at Least Triangular Fight
Among New Hen.

Special to the Gazette.
AUSTIN, TEX, Jan. 23.-The sena
torial situation is virtually without
change, and the prediction of week
ago that a senator would be select
ed fro m the quartette then before the
Legislature is now accepted as g foregone
conclusion. No bitterness has yet beer
shown, and the rule or ruin
spirit that frequently characterizes
the action of nominating con-
ventlons and sometimes comes to the sur.
face in legislative assemblies is a feeling
foreign to the sentiment OF both houses
For "dark horse" the outlook is ex-
ceedingly g oomy. Barney Gibbs came to
Austin a pronounced Ireland man, but it
leaked out in g few days that if there was
no chance for Ireland, or Maxey, or Rec
gan, or Terrell, Barney would sacrifice
himself in order to break the deadlock
and give Texas another United States
senator. IN industrious effort was made
to work UP boom for the "leGder of the
kids" but it failed Signaliy, and the little
boomlet that was lived only three hours
and forty minutes. Enough has been
learned to Justify the conclusion that if sill
the present candidates were out of the race
the division would be almost or quite as
great with reference do dark horses. If
Gibbs should by any accident be placed in
nomination, the name OF Wellborn would
be at once presented, and more than
likely the Old Alcalde brought in to make
the fight more interesting. Seth Sheperd
is also patriotic enough to serve
the people, and has hosts
of friends who consider him en-
inently capable and worthy. Besides,
there is ~. L. Crawford, another Dallas
man, VINO is said to be in the hands OF
mis- friends. Others could be named, but
these are enough to show that the "woods
are full Of them and that clark horse"
movement would result in st least g. tri-
angular fight among new men. This is
all felt and understood among the men,
bers, and to the question how about
dark horse, the lnvariable reply is, "there
won't be any,"
In the meantime the contest grows
more interesting as the 25th approaches,
and the friends of each candidate feels Cor
seems to feelD confident of success. Each
from 8 different standpoint figures out the
result in favor of his man with such seem
ing certainty that one is almost convinced
four senators will be elected.
The Ireland men are well managed and
are working like beavers. With ireland
this is struggle for political life, and
his friends understand that if he goes
down in this contest he is for
ever gone. Defeat in this fight
will ring the death knell to his
future prospects and plant daisies over
me grave of his buried hopes. John
Ireland will go to the United States SEN
ate or else to the privite shades of polit-
ical obscurity, and, knowing this, his
personal and political friends have
come together as one man, and
are working with an energy
and determination that challenges
the admiration, even of those who politi-
cally opposed him, and believe in the
of his cause. Gov. Ireland
will be placed in nomination by Senator
Popeand his name presented in the house
BY G. c. Groce. Both gentlemen are